Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has taken the fighting game scene by storm. This platforming brawler from Ludosity and Fair Play Labs drew comparisons to Super Smash Bros. as soon as it was revealed, with many professional Smash players expressing excitement about its competitive play and friendly design. Now that Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is out, its gameplay hasn't disappointed, offering deep skill expression while including a wide range of classic Nickelodeon characters to take into the fray. Naturally, fans now want to know what other Nickelodeon characters might join the game. Leaks suggest that Garfield, Squidward, and Prince Zuko are on the way, among others—but what about George Lopez?

Actor and comedian George Lopez's career spans a wide range of movies, TV shows, and stand-up comedy, but he's particularly well known for George Lopez, a sitcom in which he played a fictional version of himself. Although George Lopez was produced for ABC, after the show ended, it joined Nickelodeon's late-night programming Nick at Nite in syndication and found a ton of fans there. In fact, Nickelodeon fans remember late-night showings of George Lopez so fondly that it's become a meme. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl might be chiefly committed to animated Nickelodeon characters, but George Lopez's legacy and the memes about his show make him perfect for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's Love of Memes

One reason that fans like Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl so much is that Ludosity and Fair Play Labs clearly have their fingers on the pulse of the Nickelodeon fandom. The game is filled with references to memes and classic jokes that longtime Nickelodeon fans still enjoy. For instance, SpongeBob's taunt in All-Star Brawl is literally the Mocking SpongeBob meme, and tons of Patrick Star's attacks have to do with Patrick's best moments from SpongeBob SquarePants. Fans found all of these references completely hilarious when Ludosity and Fair Play Labs revealed them. They immediately established a camaraderie between Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's fans and the developers, while giving the game a reputation for meme awareness.

That's why George Lopez makes perfect sense as a Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl character. There's a longtime meme among Nickelodeon viewers that they'd fall asleep watching the channel back in the day, only to wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of the George Lopez theme song. Fans across Twitter, Reddit, and other platforms have all made their own memes about waking up in the middle of the night to see George Lopez's face, bringing everyone together with mutual affection for the comedian's show. George Lopez is so firmly rooted in Nickelodeon meme culture that the titular Lopez is perfect for the meme-heavy Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's Cast Should Branch Out

Admittedly, there are some significant obstacles in the way of George Lopez joining Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. The game doesn't feature any live-action characters, in spite of Nickelodeon's many successful live-action sitcoms, suggesting it's all about Nickelodeon's animated characters. What's more, George Lopez wasn't even produced by Nickelodeon, meaning the game developers and Nickelodeon would probably need to get a license to the George Lopez IP to reference the show. Still, George Lopez and its star are a crucial piece of Nickelodeon's history and culture, just like every other NASB fighter. It only seems right that the comedian gets a slot too.

If there's any hope for Lopez to join the game, it could still take a little while for him to join. The All-Star Brawl DLC fighter leaks suggest that there's a very long list of other characters that Ludosity and Fair Play Labs already plan to put into the game. Still, even if George Lopez takes a long time to show up, it'd be worth it. He's such a Nickelodeon classic that he'd hardly be out of place, and the image of George Lopez duking it out with SpongeBob, Aang, and Nigel Thornberry is too hilarious and delightful to pass on. If he makes it into NASB thanks to the power of one meme, he could pretty quickly inspire even more memes.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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